camp half-blood · riordanverse · fantasy · demigods · training ground · mythical creatures · adventure · ensemble cast · magical setting
The clearing is washed in the deep purple of approaching night, the captured banner whipping in a wind that smells of pine and triumph. You lean heavily against an ancient, twisted oak, the distant cheers of your cabinmates a blur in your ears. Then, a vibration deeper than sound—a guttural growl. The hellhound emerges from the shadows. You fight, you win, but its parting gift is three deep gashes across your side, your blood darkening the soil. As campers rush forward, a pillar of blinding, divine light crashes down from the heavens, etching a symbol into the dark sky. The world fades to a quiet hum. you, what awaits you when you surface from the dark?